Postal Note Transactions




JULY 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2655

STATEMENT showing the NUMBER, AMOUNT, &c., of POSTAL-NOTE TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1915.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. No. of Postal-note Offices open at the End of the Quarter. NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES SOLD. Total Amount of Postal Notes sold, including Commission. Commission on Postal Notes sold.
At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/0 At 2/6 At 3/0 At 5/0 At 10/0 At 15/0 At 20s. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. 284 13,449 7,828 21,794 25,549 19,793 31,853 21,217 6,821 12,095 160,399 46,076 12 4 692 11 10
Blenheim .. 22 756 471 1,211 1,224 1,158 1,575 1,164 411 785 8,755 2,628 12 2 38 13 8
Christchurch .. 79 4,052 2,241 6,400 6,993 5,052 9,874 7,744 2,351 5,227 49,934 16,204 4 9 230 17 9
Dunedin .. 92 3,746 2,373 7,186 7,578 5,716 10,052 7,394 2,392 4,181 50,618 15,299 2 5½ 225 11 11½
Gisborne .. 24 946 663 1,520 1,727 1,626 2,136 1,682 564 1,427 12,291 3,990 4 0 56 8 0
Greymouth .. 20 780 498 1,276 1,360 1,056 1,689 1,238 451 999 9,347 2,952 16 10 41 19 10
Hokitika .. 13 228 146 451 424 331 515 421 127 381 3,024 999 9 4½ 13 17 4½
Invercargill .. 54 2,081 1,333 3,821 4,317 3,359 5,645 4,180 1,429 2,495 28,660 8,826 14 4 129 2 4
Napier .. 61 3,249 1,876 5,271 5,805 4,568 6,887 4,884 1,708 3,079 37,327 10,926 17 11½ 162 1 5½
Nelson .. 34 1,108 731 1,946 2,002 1,493 2,336 1,744 608 1,015 12,983 3,762 1 10½ 56 1 4½
New Plymouth 33 1,252 909 2,422 2,504 1,961 3,201 2,439 910 1,588 17,186 5,347 15 9½ 77 8 3½
Oamaru .. 14 900 362 1,163 1,332 1,097 1,621 1,523 505 887 9,390 2,995 8 10½ 43 8 10½
Thames .. 40 2,269 1,431 3,448 4,035 2,996 5,008 3,650 1,262 2,368 26,467 8,028 3 3½ 117 6 3½
Timaru .. 16 988 625 1,899 2,010 1,358 2,609 2,094 698 1,431 13,712 4,458 2 0 63 4 6
Wanganui .. 66 3,291 1,877 6,038 6,382 4,513 8,188 5,940 2,216 4,140 42,585 13,394 17 1 192 0 7
Wellington .. 119 6,882 3,989 11,940 13,680 10,247 19,435 13,164 4,516 9,367 93,220 29,704 3 3½ 425 1 9½
Westport .. 22 510 328 806 922 890 1,085 892 331 559 6,323 1,932 7 6 28 8 6
Totals 2nd qr. in 1915 993 46,487 27,681 78,592 87,844 67,214 113,709 81,370 27,300 52,024 582,221 177,527 13 11 2,594 4 5
Totals 2nd qr. in 1914 955 45,990 26,631 76,849 87,468 68,090 111,626 81,611 28,396 64,702 590,863 190,487 0 7 2,697 6 1

NUMBER OF POSTAL NOTES PAID.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. At 1/0 At 1/6 At 2/0 At 2/6 At 3/0 At 5/0 At 10/0 At 12/6 At 15/0 At 20s. Total. Total Amount of Postal Notes paid.
Auckland .. 12,863 8,391 23,600 22,611 16,183 28,956 22,842 .. 7,716 12,977 156,139 £ s. d. 46,310 6 0
Blenheim .. 230 171 530 414 359 555 512 .. 177 339 3,287 1,049 8 6
Christchurch .. 4,408 2,664 7,934 8,002 6,259 10,867 9,134 1 2,918 6,282 58,469 18,907 11 6
Dunedin .. 4,698 3,073 9,223 8,497 6,547 11,471 9,452 .. 3,098 5,882 61,391 18,681 2 0
Gisborne .. 401 269 655 580 538 820 740 .. 264 545 4,812 1,576 18 6
Greymouth .. 313 165 582 517 378 708 651 .. 261 521 4,096 1,426 16 0
Hokitika .. 102 49 218 163 129 293 243 .. 67 187 1,451 502 6 0
Invercargill .. 1,259 770 2,451 2,242 1,734 3,079 2,878 .. 980 1,582 16,975 5,431 18 0
Napier .. 2,074 1,183 3,502 3,173 2,411 3,997 3,082 .. 1,201 2,036 22,659 6,777 18 0
Nelson .. 547 375 1,102 1,012 781 1,374 1,083 .. 407 790 7,471 2,389 11 6
New Plymouth .. 735 509 1,505 1,355 1,066 1,829 1,536 .. 563 1,019 10,117 3,221 4 0
Oamaru .. 293 154 518 500 362 670 651 .. 250 434 3,832 1,309 6 0
Thames .. 681 427 1,186 1,103 823 1,518 1,383 .. 597 994 8,712 2,958 15 0
Timaru .. 726 407 1,246 1,329 912 16,90 1,538 .. 473 972 9,293 3,012 12 0
Wanganui .. 1,598 932 3,123 2,994 2,045 3,881 3,464 .. 1,168 2,303 21,508 7,024 7 0
Wellington .. 14,262 7,363 19,830 32,182 25,871 41,077 21,260 .. 6,688 15,128 183,661 52,194 19 6
Westport .. 169 119 331 266 210 388 400 .. 141 284 2,303 800 14 6
Totals 2nd qr. in 1915 45,359 27,021 77,536 86,940 66,608 113,168 80,849 1 26,969 51,725 576,176 173,575 14 0
Totals 2nd qr. in 1914 45,380 26,037 75,432 86,298 67,334 110,142 80,739 .. 27,962 64,599 583,863 186,120 6 6

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1915.

W. R. MORRIS,
Secretary.



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27 July 1915
Postal Notes, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Financial Statistics
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary